(a) Sanitation. All exterior property areas and premises shall be maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary condition free from any accumulation of rubbish or garbage.
(b) Containers. The operator of every establishment producing garbage, vegetable wastes, or other putrescible materials shall provide and at all times cause to be used, leakproof approved containers, provided with close fitting covers for the storage of such materials until removed from the premises for disposal.
(c) Grading and Drainage. All premises shall be graded and maintained so as to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water thereon, or within any structure located thereon.
(d) Loading Areas. All loading areas, automobile service stations and drive-in food establishments shall be paved with bituminous, concrete or equivalent surfacing and shall be free from dirt and other litter and kept in good repair. When lighted for nightime use, lights shall not be permitted to cast directly upon dwellings nearby.
(e) Insect and Rodent Control. An owner of a structure or property shall be responsible for the extermination of insects, rodents, vermin, or other pests in all exterior areas of the premises, except that the occupant shall be responsible for such extermination in the exterior areas of the premises of a single-family dwelling. Whenever infestation exists in the shared or public parts of the premises of other than a single-family dwelling, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(f) Public Areas. All sidewalks, steps, driveways, parking spaces and similar paved areas for public use shall be kept in a proper state of repair and free of all snow, ice, mud and other debris. If any sidewalk or driveway or portion thereof by virtue of its state of repair shall constitute a danger to public health and safety, the sidewalk or driveway or portion thereof shall be replaced.
(g) Noxious Weeds. All areas shall be kept free from weeds or plant growth which are noxious or detrimental to the public health and welfare.
(h) Storage Areas. All open salvage yards and open storage areas shall be completely obscured from surrounding property by a solid screen not less than six feet in height.
(i) Exhaust Vents. A person shall not construct, maintain, or operate pipes, ducts, conductors, fans, or blowers discharging gases, steam, vapor, hot air, grease, smoke, odors or other gaseous or particulate wastes so as to discharge directly upon abutting or adjacent public and private property or that of another tenant.
(k) Motor Vehicles. Motor vehicles shall be subject to the following requirements of this subsection.
(1) Residential areas. Except as provided in other regulations, not more than one currently unregistered and/or uninspected motor vehicle shall be parked on any property in a residential district, and said vehicle shall not at any time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair or shall it be in the process of being stripped or dismantled. A vehicle of any type shall not at any time undergo major overhaul, including body work, in a residential district.
(2) Nonresidential areas. Except as provided in other regulations and approved by the code official, not more than two currently unregistered and/or uninspected motor vehicles shall be permitted on any property in a nonresidential district, and any vehicle shall not at any time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair or shall it be in the process of being stripped or dismantled.
(Ord. 41-1980. Passed 9-4-80; Ord. 26-2013. Passed 7-2-13.)